Category: The Alphabet of Alcohol

Letter “C” Crayères The Underground History of Champagne: From Stone to Wine In Champagne, almost everything that truly matters happens underground.Not in cellars as such, but in spaces far older than Champagne itself — in chalk cuttings, caves, and galleries that extend beneath the cities and vineyards of the Champagne region. Today, these spaces are… →

Part 3. Letter “C”. Clos (the Art of Boundaries) Part 1 of the article “Clos” can be read here… “A wine born behind a wall speaks louder than the wall itself”                                                                  — Burgundian saying Part II. Great Wines and the Modern Meaning of the Clos In the first part, we traced how the word Clos… →

Part 3. Letter “C”. Clos (the Art of Boundaries) Part 2 of the “Alcohol ABCs” Château can be found here… “To let a flavour ripen, you must surround it with silence.”                                     — from Cistercian monastic notes, 13th century Part I. Stone, Monks, and the Birth of the Clos Introduction The word clos is one of… →

Part 2. The Letter “C” — Château Chapter Two The first chapter of the material “Chateau” can be viewed here… 🏰 X. The Emigration of a Word: The Global Tour of “Château” French words rarely stay home. They love to travel — melodic, elegant, easily adopted by the world. So it was with château: a… →

Part 2. The Letter “C” — Château Part 1, “Punt,” can be viewed here… Chapter One 🏛️ Châteaux: Bordeaux Castles and the Architecture of a Brand Wine is not a building — but sometimes a castle helps it speak with greater authority 🏰 I. What Is a Château In the language of French wine, château… →

Letter “P” “Alcohol is a mirror of culture: it reflects not only the drink itself, but also the one who holds the glass” Every culture has its own alphabet — a system of signs through which it speaks about itself. The world of alcohol has a special language of its own, woven from aromas and… →